Tiger Woods beaten by 11-year-old's hole-in-one and other tall tales

Our pick of the strange but true stories from around the world.

Golf course christened with hole-in-one

An 11-year-old golfer has stunned Tiger Woods at the opening of a new junior golf course by hitting the first shot straight into the hole. The legendary golfer designed The Playground, near Houston, in Texas, as a means of getting more juniors into the sport – among them young Taylor Crozier, who earned a hug from Woods for his inaugural hole-in-one.

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Bird poo shuts nuclear reactor

A critical shutdown of the Indian Point nuclear reactor, just outside New York, has been blamed on bird droppings. Experts say a build-up of excrement led to an electrical arc between wires in a transmission tower and triggered the outage.

Benedict "Cumberbunny" goes on sale

UK-based chocolatier Jen Lindsey-Clark has developed a sweet treat for fans of actor Benedict Cumberbatch – a chocolate rabbit bearing a likeness of the Sherlock star's face, complete with bunny ears. The Chocolate Cumberbunny is priced at £50, but there's an even more expensive limited-edition white chocolate version, which sports an edible 22-carat gold bow tie.